Chelsea Harvey covers climate science for Climatewire. She tracks the big questions being asked by researchers and explains what's known, and what needs to be, about global temperatures. Chelsea began writing about climate science in 2014. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Popular Science, Men's Journal and others.
One of Antarctica's most vulnerable glaciers may be in more precarious shape than scientists thought. If the enormous Thwaites Glacier loses enough ice, its retreat could become "unstoppable."
Extreme events all over the world were marked by the influence of climate change in 2018: wildfires in California, heat waves in Europe and Asia, and record-low sea ice in the Arctic.
One of last year's most anticipated climate reports delivered a stark message to the world: Act quickly or prepare to watch a major warming milestone sail by.
There's a favorite argument among doubters of mainstream climate science: Climate models overestimate the rate at which the Earth is warming.
Global carbon emissions are expected to hit an all-time high in 2019, scientists say, smashing a previous record set in 2018.